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Fractals Cross Stitch Vol. 2

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This DVD-ROM by Cross Stitch Collectibles contains 20 large, full-size, easy-to-read, spectacular Fractal counted cross stitch patterns. An economical choice for building your collection of heirloom-quality fine arts counted cross stitch patterns. Simply print the pattern of your choice on your home computer when you are ready to stitch!
Amazing, mind-boggling and brilliantly colored counted cross stitch projects that are easy enough for the beginner, yet stimulating enough for even the most advanced stitcher.

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* 20 Easy-to-Read counted cross stitch patterns

* Full cross-stitches only (no backstitching or complicated stitches!)

* View and/or print any pattern directly through the Main Menu

* All patterns in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format

* Comprehensive instructions and materials list included for each pattern

* Windows and Macintosh compatible

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* Windows or Macintosh computer with DVD-ROM drive

* Adobe Acrobat Reader version 5.0 or higher

* Inkjet or laser printer

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The Beauty and Complexity of the Mandelbrot Set

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Fractal Plasma Fishtank

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With over 60 minutes of video and music, this is the ultimate collection of plasma animations for ambiance, parties, or just to show off your new big-screen TV. Included are four plasma sequences of multiple colors to fit all different occasions. Each plasma animation is nearly fifteen minutes long and will loop continuously for an endless display of colors and sound that can be used as a "fishtank". "Blue Lightning" exhibits a soothing blend of white and blue. "Alien" is an extraterrestrial combination of fuschia and green neon. "Electric Orange" combines a warm orange with purple outlines for a quite lively display. "Lava" gives a glowing red essence in the room. Also included is a preview of the Fractal Fishtank Volume II. Named "Cacophony", these animations combine to create a sometimes bizzare collection of fractal animations of all different types and palettes. Instead of the TV being a distraction when visiting with friends, let it be a conversation piece! Enjoy the soundtrack included on the DVD or put in your own choice of music

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Fractal Evolution: The Biology of Consciousness

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The Colours of Infinity: The Beauty, The Power and the Sense of Fractals

by: Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon

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Benoit Mandelbrot discovered what is now called the M-Set in the early seventies and coined the term fractal to describe the geometry behind it. The power and the beauty of fractals were only capable of being seen with the advent of computers, which become psychedelic windows on the infinite when using simple fractal equations. In 1992 Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon made the TV documentary, The Colors of Infinity about the Mandelbrot Set and fractals, which has since been seen right round the world. Nigel s enthusiasm brought together a dream team of contributors for the film who all now contribute to the book tracking how fractals have developed since the film was made. Sir Arthur C Clarke presented the film and in the book gives a lucidly simple account of the mathematics of the M-Set. Benoit Mandelbrot, the Belgian mathematician explains how it began. Professor Michael Barnsley, the computer graphics researcher who developed fractal image compression technology, explains the applications of the breakthroughs. Professor Ian Stewart, author of Does God Play Dice? adds his insights into the beautifully simple equation that gives birth to fractals. Two of the most interesting applications of fractal geometry, reflected by the two new contributors to the book, are to the Internet and to the Stock Market. Dr Gary Flake, Chief Technology Officer at Overture, the leading provider of commercial search on the Internet and just taken over by Yahoo for 1.6 billion dollars, discusses the profoundly fractal nature of the Web in his article: The Self-ish Web. Robert Prechter Jr is President of Elliott Wave International, Inc. and founder of the Socionomics Institute. His latest title is Socionomics: The Science of History and Social Prediction (2003). He writes about how fractals can help us understand the oscillations of stock markets. In the back of the book is a DVD of the original documentary with soundtrack by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd PLUS a 30-minute fractal animation to the music of members of Quintessence. * This description from Amazon.com

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Chaos and Fractals: New Frontiers of Science

by: Heinz-Otto Peitgen, Hartmut Jürgens, Dietmar Saupe

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Fascinating and authoritative, Chaos and Fractals: New Frontiers of Science is a truly remarkable book that documents recent discoveries in chaos theory with plenty of mathematical detail, but without alienating the general reader. In all, this text offers an extremely rich and engaging tour of this quite revolutionary branch of mathematical research.
The most appealing aspect about Chaos and Fractals has to be its hundreds of images and graphics (with dozens in full-color) used to illustrate key concepts. Even the math-averse reader should be able to follow the basic presentation of chaos and fractals here. Since fractals often mimic natural shapes such as mountains, plants, and other biological forms, they lend themselves especially well to visual representation.

Early chapters here document the mathematical oddities (or "monsters") such as the Sierpinski Gasket and the Koch Curve, which laid the groundwork for later discoveries in fractals. The book does a fine job of placing recent discoveries about chaos into a tradition of earlier mathematical research. Its description of the work of mathematicians like Pascal, Kepler, Poincaré, Sierpinski, Koch, and Mandelbrot makes for a fine read, a detective story that ends with the discovery of order in chaos. (For programmers, the authors provide short algorithms and BASIC code, which lets you try out plotting various fractals on your own.)

This is not, however, only a book of pretty pictures. For the reader who needs the mathematics behind chaos theory, the authors in no way dumb down the details. (But because the richer mathematical material is set off from the main text, the general reader can still make headway without getting lost.)

There have been advances in the field since this book's publication in 1992, but Chaos and Fractals remains an authoritative general reference on chaos theory and fractals. A must for math students (and math enthusiasts), Chaos and Fractals also deserves a place on the bookshelf of any general reader or programmer who wants to understand how today's mathematicians and scientists make sense of our world using chaos theory. --Richard Dragan *Review at Amazon.com

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Fractals, Googols, and Other Mathematical Tales

by: Theoni Pappas

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Wish I had this when I was young, May 1, 2004
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I discovered this book in a homeschooling catalog (FunBooks.com). The good review in there enticed me to buy it for my then 6 year old, who is a voracious but difficult to please reader. He devoured it, loved it, and insisted that I read it too!
The fascinating topics include decimals, magic squares, Fibonacci sequence, tangrams, the abacus, and much more. Some of the stories seem a little silly to me, but then that is probably the appeal for kids. :)

This is one of those books that you must own rather than borrow from the library because it covers such a range of topics that your child (and you!) will want and need to refer back to it every so often. In fact, I will likely buy all the other books involving Penrose the Cat if they are as educational and fun as this book is. *Review found on Amazon.com

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The Fractal Geometry of Nature

by: Benoit B. Mandelbrot

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Imagine an equilateral triangle. Now, imagine smaller equilateral triangles perched in the center of each side of the original triangle--you have a Star of David. Now, place still smaller equilateral triangles in the center of each of the star's 12 sides. Repeat this process infinitely and you have a Koch snowflake, a mind-bending geometric figure with an infinitely large perimeter, yet with a finite area. This is an example of the kind of mathematical puzzles that this book addresses.
The Fractal Geometry of Nature is a mathematics text. But buried in the deltas and lambdas and integrals, even a layperson can pick out and appreciate Mandelbrot's point: that somewhere in mathematics, there is an explanation for nature. It is not a coincidence that fractal math is so good at generating images of cliffs and shorelines and capillary beds.

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"A rarity: a picture book of sophisticated contemporary research ideas in mathematics."--Douglas Hofstadter, author of Godel, Escher, Bach *Review from Amazon.com

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Fractals Everywhere

by: Michael F. Barnsley

This volume is the second edition of the highly successful Fractals Everywhere. The Focus of this text is how fractal geometry can be used to model real objects in the physical world. *Review found at Amazon.com

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